Features of an Atypical RSV Surge During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tabatha Alrayes; Andrea Wait; Priya Spencer; David M Merolla; Kirby Lampe; Hossein Salimnia; Nirupama Kannikeswaran

doi:10.1177/00099228221124677

Features of an Atypical RSV Surge During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 May;62(4):265-268. doi: 10.1177/00099228221124677. Epub 2022 Oct 1.

Authors

Tabatha Alrayes¹, Andrea Wait², Priya Spencer¹, David M Merolla³, Kirby Lampe⁴, Hossein Salimnia⁵, Nirupama Kannikeswaran¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.
² Division of Hospitalist Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.
³ Department of Sociology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
⁴ Division of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Abstract

This study describes the clinical features, severity, and outcomes in children <5 years of age with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection during an atypical summer surge during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although timing was uncharacteristic, clinical features and illness severity were representative of a typical RSV season. Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 was low.

Keywords: COVID-19; RSV; children; pandemic; season.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Child
Coinfection*
Humans
Pandemics
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections* / diagnosis
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections* / epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections* / therapy
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human*
SARS-CoV-2